Ventrilia Jousseaume 1887 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative spellings: Cancellaria (Ventrilia), Trigonostoma (Ventrilia)

Synonyms: Arizelostoma Iredale 1936, Trigonostoma (Emmonsella) Olsson and Petit 1964

Parent taxon: Cancellariinae according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Jung and Petit 1990, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Landau et al. 2007, Landau et al. 2008, Olsson 1967, Petit 1967, Petit 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Anapepta, Aphera, Axelella, Bivetiella, Bivetopsia, Cancellaria, Cancelrana, Coptostoma, Euclia, Fusiaphera, Gergovia, Inglisella, Maorivetia, Marianarona, Mariasveltia, Massyla, Narona, Oamaruia, Pepta, Pezantia, Pisanella, Plesiocerithium, Pristimerica, Pyruclia, Sveltella, Sydaphera, Tatara, Vercomaris

Subtaxa: Trigonostoma (Emmonsella) marthae Trigonostoma (Emmonsella) smithfieldensis Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) bullatum Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) insularis Ventrilia gurabis Ventrilia insulare Ventrilia plummeri Ventrilia rucksorum Ventrilia sacellum Ventrilia tenerum Ventrilia toroensis Ventrilia triumpha Ventrilia ventrilia

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Type: Cancellaria tenera

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (5: California, Florida collections)

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (2), United States (6: Florida), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Austria (1), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Germany (14), Panama (9), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Eocene of United States (3: Texas)

Total: 48 collections including 59 occurrences

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